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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
Tax collector's office cited for efficiency

Pinellas County is a first-time winner of the Governor's Sterling Award.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2011
Tech CEO puts positive spin on biking

Bicycle riders in Lee County want to drivers to know they have the same rights to the road as cars do.

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  • March 12, 2013
Golf guru to tutor local duffers

David Leadbetter, whose students form a list of all-stars, joins The Concession.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 26, 2013
Private companies in 'pretty good shape'

Privately held companies nationwide are in a schizophrenic mood, according to the latest survey from financial data firm Sageworks.

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  • February 25, 2013
Lighting firm, once troubled, eyes bright future

Evolucia finalizes partnership with Mexican company to sell LED products

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 4, 2013
Pasco hospital earns upgraded trauma care status

The regional center and its 350 physicians serve a three-county-area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 8, 2013
Bearing the burden

An auto service company pays all of its employees' health insurance premiums. Its owners worry that may be too expensive in the future.

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  • February 13, 2013
Brew business in Bradenton plans 30 hires

Manatee County approved incentives for the company, Motorworks Brewing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2011
Sarasota P.F. Chang's still in the works

Approval work continues for a P.F. Chang's China Bistro in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2011
Hot Properties: Real estate at full speed

Speed dating and speed networking is so passe, so 2009. The new speed trend? Super speedy real estate sales.

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  • August 19, 2011
Workers' comp rates may rise

The National Council on Compensation Insurance proposes an 8.9% hike.

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  • August 19, 2011
Zumot Real Estate Management buys, renames Canterbury Lane

An affiliated company of McLean, Va.-based Zumot Real Estate Management Inc. purchased the 319-unit Canterbury Lane Apartments for $4.1 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2011
Chico's CEO: Consumers scared by government

It doesn't help when government ineptitude scares your customers away at a time when boosting business should be front and center of the political agenda.

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  • September 16, 2011
Florida unemployment at 10.7%

The state's economy added 46,100 net jobs over the past year.

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  • September 16, 2011
Braden River Investments developing Marshall Key

Maryland-based Braden River Investments has begun construction on its first venture in Florida, a residential development called Marshall Key.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • May 28, 2011
Miami entrepreneur buys Bonita Preserve townhomes

Miami businessman Herbert Jordan purchased the 12-unit Bonita Preserve townhome complex and additional land near Interstate 75 for $850,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • June 4, 2011
NorthAmerican Terminals buys FedEx Freight building

Annapolis-based NorthAmerican Terminals Management LLC purchased an 18,420-square-foot former FedEx Freight terminal building in Tampa for $1.44 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 5, 2011
Gulf Coast banks lose $41M

Locally headquartered banks lost $41 million in the second quarter of 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2011
Unemployment hit 18-month low

The state's jobless rate is 10.8%, its lowest since September 2009.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2011
EnviroFocus Technologies buys more land for $1.16M

EnviroFocus Technologies purchased 7.68 acres of industrial property located south of 14th Avenue and east of 66th Street for $1.16 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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